Assorted Directing and producing credits

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Condensed Milk (2019)

Written by Cianon Jones

Directed by Emilia Amador

Condensed Milk priemered alongside Frankie Left A Letter during Brown Girls Squared's inagural New Works festival. A fun and at times uncomfterble deep dive into adolescense and how the people in our lifes shape us.

Director's Vision:

  I chose to focus on themes of depression, nostalgia, fear of vulnerability, and self identity. All this highlights how feelings serve as bookmarks in recalling our past.

Ironically you can’t remember what year your sister decided to open all your presents on your birthday as a child, but you damn right remember how it felt. Moments like this. Like, The faint sound of your sister's radio playing a little too loud in the next room. Knowing your sister is awake because of how the floorboards creak under the weight of her foot. When you make eye contact and you come to realize your little sister has become a full grown-full out-actual person, and you can see her see you discover her not so well hidden secret. Your relationship with your sister can and should and will evolve, but nothing can change the fact that she's YOUR little sister. Always has been. Always will be.

woebegone(2019)

Written by Cianon Jones

Directed by Emilia Amador

BGS was honored to be welcomed as a guest company primering our newest BGS backed piece, woebegone. A huge cast of demons and devils and drugs and friendship all while embrassing your queerness as a person of color. 

Directors Note 

This piece was begging to be a movement heavy piece. I pulled most of my insperation from the many iconic queer and brown subcultures of the 1980's-00's. Ball Room cultue, punk androgony, afro futurism, drag kings, queens, and artisits.

Pump To Pump(2020)

Equinox Festival 2020

Written by 

Directed by Emilia Amador

Directors Comment: 

Theatre during the zoom era. A haunting memory, but im happy to say that my one directing endeavor on zoom was filled with whimsy. I found while watching other zoom performances I would find it so jarring when the piece never acklonwalges the circumstances and operates as if it was just a regular play. Its not. Zoom theatre is the basturd child of theatre and film. Whenever I was watching a "Romeo and Juliet" zoom performance, I just couldn't take anything seriously. 

But what I love about theatre is problem solving, and this was a big problem. 

I was inspired by the character of having funny zoom backgrounds, so I thought using green screen and paintings of the locations would bring much needed levity that the piece was desperate for. The script is filled with motifs of poverty, art, and resilience. So honestly, the script held all the weight. All paintings were done by Lindsay Silver. Please check out their other work at: lindseysilver.com